Difference between revisions of "Tijuana"
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| − | is the largest city of both Baja California State and the Baja California Peninsula. It is part of the San Diego–Tijuana transborder urban agglomeration and the larger Southern California megalopolis. As the 6th-largest city in Mexico and center of the 6th-largest metro area in Mexico, Tijuana exerts a strong influence in education and politics – across Mexico, in transportation, culture and art – across all three Californias (the U.S. state of California, Baja California and Baja California Sur), and in manufacturing and as a migration hub – across the North American continent. Currently one of the fastest-growing metropolitan areas in Mexico, Tijuana is rated as a "High Sufficiency" global city by the Globalization and World Cities Research Network. As of September 2019, the city of Tijuana had a population of 1,300,983, with its metropolitan area containing a population of 2,140,398 as of 2020, an estimated 2,002,000 within the urban area. | + | Tijuana is the largest city of both Baja California State and the Baja California Peninsula. It is part of the San Diego–Tijuana transborder urban agglomeration and the larger Southern California megalopolis. As the 6th-largest city in Mexico and center of the 6th-largest metro area in Mexico, Tijuana exerts a strong influence in education and politics – across Mexico, in transportation, culture and art – across all three Californias (the U.S. state of California, Baja California and Baja California Sur), and in manufacturing and as a migration hub – across the North American continent. Currently one of the fastest-growing metropolitan areas in Mexico, Tijuana is rated as a "High Sufficiency" global city by the Globalization and World Cities Research Network. As of September 2019, the city of Tijuana had a population of 1,300,983, with its metropolitan area containing a population of 2,140,398 as of 2020, an estimated 2,002,000 within the urban area. |
== Crime == | == Crime == | ||
Crime has seen a sharp rise in the city as a result of Drug Cartels and the Mexican Drug War. The city had the highest homicide rate of 138 per 100,000 people. | Crime has seen a sharp rise in the city as a result of Drug Cartels and the Mexican Drug War. The city had the highest homicide rate of 138 per 100,000 people. | ||
Revision as of 04:44, January 16, 2021
Tijuana is the largest city of both Baja California State and the Baja California Peninsula. It is part of the San Diego–Tijuana transborder urban agglomeration and the larger Southern California megalopolis. As the 6th-largest city in Mexico and center of the 6th-largest metro area in Mexico, Tijuana exerts a strong influence in education and politics – across Mexico, in transportation, culture and art – across all three Californias (the U.S. state of California, Baja California and Baja California Sur), and in manufacturing and as a migration hub – across the North American continent. Currently one of the fastest-growing metropolitan areas in Mexico, Tijuana is rated as a "High Sufficiency" global city by the Globalization and World Cities Research Network. As of September 2019, the city of Tijuana had a population of 1,300,983, with its metropolitan area containing a population of 2,140,398 as of 2020, an estimated 2,002,000 within the urban area.
Crime
Crime has seen a sharp rise in the city as a result of Drug Cartels and the Mexican Drug War. The city had the highest homicide rate of 138 per 100,000 people.
